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The Sri Lankan president cleared the names of Sinhala chiefs who were previously branded 'traitors' by the then British governor in 1818. The announcement came after Sinhala nationalists had lobbyed for the men who they described as "heroes" to ...Tamil Guardian, 20 hours ago

100 YEARS AGO Wednesday, Dec. 13, 1916 Steamer goes missing en route to Calcutta It is feared that the steamer Kaiho Maru, which left Kobe on Nov. 3 for Calcutta with a cargo of 3,500 tons consisting mainly of matches and cotton goods, has met ...

Eddie Redmayne couldn't help but smile as he officially became an Office of the British Empire on Friday. The Oscar award winning actor received his medal for services to drama from the Queen at Windsor Castle while dressed smartly in a waistcoast ...

Earlier this year, a poll found the British public were generally proud of their country's role in colonialism and the British Empire. The YouGov poll from January found 44% were proud of Britain's history of colonialism, while only 21% regretted ...

By Simon Choa-Johnston Rs 499 Rs 499 Without the opium trade, would there have been a British Empire? How did being the centre of the British East India Company’s opium trade during the 18th and 19th centuries shape Kolkata, erstwhile Calcutta? The Empire ...

Eddie Redmayne has been made an OBE. The 34-year-old actor was honored with an Excellent Order of the British Empire for his services to drama by Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle in Windsor on Friday (12.02.16) and has admitted the experience ...

A letter written to Queen Elizabeth II by John Lennon when he returned his MBE (Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) to Buckingham Palace has been valued at 60,000 British pounds ($73,041.64), it was revealed here on Thursday.The hand-written letter ...